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What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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People who think they’re always right.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2025 source ↗
People who feed off of their misery. The whiners and complainers.
Gossip and backstabbing.
The need to put other people down.
I dislike dawdlers. When I walk, I do so with purpose. I have no time for people shuffling along.
I think that’s a thesis.
Well, I’m always right.
I was 15 working in Boots on Barnet High Street and it was terrifying. At coffee break you had to know whose cup was whose, and taking the wrong cup was a crime. I’ve met bitches, but I tell you they started out in Boots in Barnet.
Becoming deaf and blind, which is what happened to my father.
Two ears. I am deaf in my right ear and I’ve just developed musical tinnitus – it’s not an interesting tune and you don’t choose it. I had three weeks of Hare Krishna night and day. Then it changed to Rod Stewart’s Sailing.
It is all there is.
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